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American Hustle

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014, 16:36
by George Geddes
Just returned from a cinema trip to see this. About halfway through there is a cracking guitar instrumental being playing in the background.

A bit of Googling reveals that it is called Stream of Stars, a Jeff Lynne composition. Would make a classy Shads style number.

George

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014, 17:07
by LONGPLAYER09
Just YouTubed it, I tend to agree with you.

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014, 17:38
by GoldenStreet
The sound is certainly more than a little Hank-influenced...



Bill

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014, 18:11
by David Martin
The only good thing about the film!!

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014, 18:40
by George Geddes
You mean apart from outstanding performances by Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence, David?

George

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2014, 00:48
by neil2726
Jeff Lynne writes some good instrumentals - "Theme for Something Really Important" for instance! :D

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2014, 11:57
by Graham C. Marshall
It's background music. That's it. Unremarkable.

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2014, 12:24
by RUSSET
Yes, it's a nice enough tune, but not remarkable enough to remember. It doesn't seem to have that hook that would make it a classic. The actual sounds & quality are top notch, & the guitar tone great, albeit a Jeff version of Hank. But I guess we all try to make our own versions of Hank, too. I am a sincere Jeff Lynne fan, & delight in his phenomenal ELO work. Now that is Classic !

Tony.

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2014, 20:33
by David Martin
George Geddes wrote:You mean apart from outstanding performances by Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence, David?

George


I thought the whole thing tedious, George. We fell asleep at one stage...

Re: American Hustle

PostPosted: 08 Feb 2014, 18:02
by George Geddes
I went to an afternoon showing of 'Lincoln' last year and the woman next to me (no, not my wife or anyone else of my acquiatance) fell asleep. Now I know it's a very long film but this was after the opening credits! She woke up and saw the last hour or so...
To be honest, I thought American Hustle was somewhat over-rated and the twist was obvious. It's not 'The Sting' by any means, but I did think it was saved by some superb performances from the stars. You might enjoy 'Inside Llewyn Davis' more, David.

However - to get back to the topic - I still think Stream od stars is a nice [i]hommage[/i] to (or pastiche of) the Shadows style. If I could write 'background music' that's 'unremarkable' like that, I'd be quite happy... 8-)

George